DAVID SOUZA LIMA, KAMILA PRIOR, RICARDO UCHIDA, SÉRGIO BROTTO, REGIANE GARRIDO, SÉRGIO TAMAI, MARSAL SANCHES
Centro de Atenção Integrada à Saúde Mental (CAISM) da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo.
Abstract:
Self-mutilation in psychiatric patients is not uncommon, and may result from religious beliefs, impulsivity, substance abuse and psychotic symptoms. Reports of genital mutilation among patients with schizophrenia can be found in medical literature. We described a case of genital self-mutilation in a 42-year-old schizophrenic patient.
Keywords:Penis, genitalia, self-mutilation, amputation, schizophrenia, psychosis.